Published by Steve NicholsPublished on 19th May 2015|Comments Off on EBACE2015: AVIATOR upgrades on Dassault Falcon top 100

More than 100 Dassault Falcons have now been upgraded to Cobham SATCOM’s AVIATOR 700D retrofit solution for the Aero-HSD+ equipped aircraft. The AVIATOR 700D system supports a wide range of… Read more »

Published by Steve NicholsPublished on 19th May 2015|Comments Off on EBACE2015: New HDR inflight connectivity for SwiftBroadband

Inmarsat, Honeywell Aerospace and Eclipse have completed flight and lab tests of new High Data Rate (HDR) capabilities for SwiftBroadband, the aircraft connectivity service provided through the Inmarsat-4 (I-4) satellites…. Read more »

Published by Steve NicholsPublished on 19th May 2015|Comments Off on EBACE2015: ARINCDirect to offer ICG smart routers

Rockwell Collins has entered into a strategic partnership with ICG (International Communications Group) to offer its eRouter (ERT-100 and ERT-120) smart cabin routers to the company’s ARINCDirect business aviation customers…. Read more »

Published by Steve NicholsPublished on 26th March 2015|Comments Off on Inmarsat completes transition of key services to Alphasat

Inmarsat has announced the successful transition of key voice and broadband data services for the EMEA region from Inmarsat-4 F2 (I-4 F2) to Alphasat, Europe’s largest and most sophisticated telecommunications… Read more »

Published by Steve NicholsPublished on 4th February 2015|Comments Off on Should an airline stick to one inflight connectivity supplier?

There is no shortage of inflight connectivity suppliers on the market, offering a bewildering array of air-to-ground (ATG), L-band, Ku-band and Ka-band systems. But when choosing a system does it… Read more »

Published by Steve NicholsPublished on 2nd February 2015|Comments Off on Saudia deploys smartphone app for easy Wi-Fi access

Saudia has become the first airline to develop and provide passengers with a dedicated mobile phone application for free inflight Wi-Fi. Passengers simply scan their ticket’s bar code for free… Read more »

Published by Steve NicholsPublished on 24th January 2015|Comments Off on Hawaiian Airlines to e-enable wide-body fleet with WxOps

Honolulu-based WxOps has signed a contract with Hawaiian Airlines to provide software for the exchange of enhanced operational data to and from its wide-body aircraft. The data sent every few… Read more »

Published by Steve NicholsPublished on 8th December 2014|Comments Off on MEBA2014: Satcom Direct Router to support SBB aggregation

The Satcom Direct Router (SDR) has been enhanced to allow up to 4x faster data rates when used with supported Inmarsat SwiftBroadband (SBB) terminals. The channel aggregation enhancement has been developed in… Read more »

Published by Steve NicholsPublished on 8th December 2014|Comments Off on MEBA2014: OnAir is major provider to MENA VIP market

OnAir may provide connectivity services to commercial airlines, but it is also a premier connectivity provider aboard many VIP and VVIP aircraft in the MENA region. Stephan Egli, OnAir’s Chief… Read more »

Published by Steve NicholsPublished on 8th December 2014|Comments Off on MEBA2014: Satcom1 surges with SBB channel aggregation

Satcom1 says it can increase the bandwidth available to users of Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband (SSB) satellite system by aggregating three and four SBB channels. Francois Goudal, Satcom1’s research and development manager,… Read more »

Published by Steve NicholsPublished on 26th November 2014|Comments Off on ESA contracts Inmarsat for EU ATM data link

Inmarsat has announced that its SwiftBroadband Safety satellite system is to play an integral part in the future European air traffic management (ATM) infrastructure. The announcement follows the signing of a… Read more »

Published by Steve NicholsPublished on 14th November 2014|Comments Off on Air China selects Thales for Boeing 737 satcoms

Air China has selected Thales’ TopFlight SATCOM satellite communications solution for its 22 Boeing 737 aircraft, which are scheduled for delivery between 2015 and 2016. TopFlight SATCOM (TFS) is a… Read more »

Published by Steve NicholsPublished on 13th November 2014|Comments Off on SriLankan Airlines flies first fully-connected aircraft

SriLankan Airlines’ first fully-connected Airbus A330-300 has entered commercial service, equipped with both Internet OnAir and Mobile OnAir. Passengers on board the delivery flight from Toulouse to Colombo included SriLankan… Read more »